386 CALENDAR - MAY.. 



sion crops of annuals of all sorts; half hardy annuals ID 

 warm borders,, or on slight hotbeds. Biennials and peren 

 nials should be sown before the middle of the month, 

 Plant Tigridia pavonia and fine stalks. Finish the trans 

 planting of herbaceous perennials by the end of the first 

 week. Protect stage auriculas and hyacinths from ex 

 tremes of every description of weather ; and tulips from 

 hoarfrosts and heavy rains. Plant out tender deciduous 

 trees and shrubs raised in pots. Remove part of the cov 

 erings of all tender shrubs and plants in the first week, and 

 the remainder at the end of the month. Form and repair 

 lawns and grass-walks by laying turf and sowing perennial 

 grass-seeds. 



Kitchen Garden. Sow small salads every week ; rad 

 ishes and lettuces thrice during the month ; spinach once 

 a fortnight ; carrots and onions for late drawing ; kidney- 

 beans in the first week and last fortnight ; peas and beans r 

 cabbages, Brussels sprouts, borecole, broccoli, savoys, and 

 German greens for late crops. The last sowing of cauli 

 flower for the season should be about the 20th. Cardoona 

 may be sown from the middle to the end of the month, 

 Sow pumpkins and cucumbers on a warm border in the 

 last week. Continue the various operations of hoeing and 

 earthing-up the different crops. 



Fruit- Trees. Disbud peaches, nectarines, and other 

 early trees against the walls ; also attend to the thinning 

 of fruit. Give occasional washings with the engine to 

 keep down insects. A little brown or Scotch snuff dusted 

 over the trees after watering will effectually destroy green 

 fly. Pick caterpillars from gooseberries and wall-trees, on 

 their first appearance. Mulch, if not done before, all 



